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The OER university from the inside out and the outside in A seminar at SAIDE by Gabi Witthaus, 15 June 2012
The OER universityfrom the inside outand the outside in
A seminar at SAIDE by Gabi Witthaus, 15 June 2012
Introduction
Testing the OER
university
Concept: a
National Study
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/7188563020/
www.le.ac.uk/toucans
Overview
• Part 1: OERs… the story so far• Part 2: The OERu from the inside out• Part 3: The OERu from the outside in (UK HEI
views on the OERu concept)
Health and safety alert: work in progess
Part 1: OERs - the story so far…
Image by Steve Jurvetson
This kid wants to go to university one
day…. So does this
one...
A traditional university education
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And then…
Enrolments increased…
their own trumpets
?
So were they just
blowing…
Image by Sara Björk
Or was it a
situation?
In 2008, it became a movement
http://www.capetowndeclaration.org
Because some things don’t need reinventing…
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And some things are
rather specialised.
Image by Steve Jurvetson
From 2009 to present: UKOER
www.creativecommons.org
At first, there were a lot of headaches…
Copyright
Formats
Tracking reuse
Metadata
To brand or not to brand?
Image by JD Hancock
#ukoer
So what does it mean for him?
And for him?
Image by Steve Jurvetson
Anyone can access OERs with a computer and an internet
connection
Image by Babak Fakhamzadeh
So now…
To this:
You can look…
Image by Elvert Barnes
Image by Elvert Barnes
But you can’t enjoy the sweet taste of success.
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100 million adults eligible for university
who can’t afford it (UNESCO)
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Will this…
ever be possible for the 100 million?Image by Pete Birkinshaw
Maybe…
Because openness is infectious…
http://wikieducator.org/File:OER-University-concept.png
The OER university (OERu) concept
http://wikieducator.org/Oeru
OERu partners are all accredited by national accrediting bodies
Image by normanack on flickr
What is the OERu?
Local assessment
and credentialling
Friesen & Murray, 2011: http://tinyurl.com/openlearning2-0
This is… “Open Learning 2.0”: … Any student can study any content, supported in any number of instructional arrangements… The “local” institutional evaluation and accreditation… (remain) at the centre of the model… Even though learning is achieved through flexible arrangements, it can… still be rigorously assessed and credentialed. (Friesen and Murray, 2011)
http://tinyurl.com/openlearning2-0
Cost to learner:
Less than 25% of usual fees
Cost to institution:
OERu - less than 0.5% of their total offerings
Part 2: from the inside looking out
Accreditation and credit transfer?
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But will it work for the learners?
Help!!!!!
Photo by Erik Charlton
Volunteers to the rescue?Photo by MisterJamie
What’s the business model?
Image by Gabi Witthaus cc-by
So perhaps this…
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is a real possibility for the 100 million?
Many thanks to the following people for their generous sharing of information:
•Prof. Terry Anderson (Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education, Athabasca University, Canada)•Dr Elizabeth Archer (Specialist: Institutional Research at the University of South Africa)•Kevin Bell (Innovation Team: Leader of Learning and Development, Southern New Hampshire University, USA)•David Bull (Director: University Preparatory Programs, University of Southern Queensland, Australia)•Irwin DeVries (Director, Instructional Design, Thompson Rivers University, Canada)•Vasi Doncheva (Flexible Learning Manager, Northtec Polytechnic, New Zealand)•Wayne Mackintosh (Director: International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand, and Founding Director of the OER Foundation)•Prof. Rory McGreal (Associate Vice-President, Athabasca University, Canada)•Prof. Joyce McKnight (Associate Professor, State University of New York/ Empire State College, USA. Speaking in her personal capacity as a scholar.)•Terry Neal (Flexible Learning Manager, Open Polytechnic, New Zealand)•Paul Stacey (Director, Curriculum Development, BC Campus, Canada)•Herbert Thomas (Electronic Learning Media Team Leader, Canterbury University, New Zealand)•Prof. Sandra Wills (Executive Director, Learning and Teaching, Wollongong University, Australia) Thanks also to Dr Patrick McAndrew at the Open University and colleagues at the University of Leicester, especially Dr Ming Nie and Dr Alejandro Armellini, for their support in this research.
Part 3: from the outside looking in
Research methodology
• Interviews with OERu network partner members (14)
• Interviews with UK HEI thought leaders (9)• Survey among UK HEIs (42 respondents)• Weightings allocated by “expert group” to
generate “compatibility” benchmarking tool• Sample institutional compatibility scores
calculated
The surveyBournemouth UniversityCoventry UniversityDe Montfort University Institute of EducationKing's College London Leeds Met University (2)Loughborough UniversityMiddlesex University Newcastle University Open University (4) Southampton Solent
University
University of Bath, University of Cambridge University of Huddersfield, University of Hull, University of Leeds, University of Leicester (5) University of ManchesterUniversity of Nottingham (2) University of OxfordUniversity of Southampton University of SurreyPlus eight others
The respondents (N=42)
Is your institution in the OERu network?
The interviews• Leicester: Christine Fyfe (PVC), Dave Hall
(Registrar), Prof. Grainne Conole (Director, BDRA)• OU: Andrew Law (Dir, Open Media)• Salford: Prof. Martin Hall (VC)• Edinburgh: Prof. Jeff Haywood (CIO)• Nottingham: Prof. Wyn Morgan (Dir, Teaching &
Learning)• Derby: Julie Stone• JISC (personal capacity): Amber Thomas• JISC (personal capacity): David Kernohan
Response theme (1)
Response theme (2)
With many thanks to…
Andy Lane, Vivien Rolf, Terese Bird, Grainne Conole, Christine Fyfe, Fred Garnett, Graham Gibbs, Dave Hall, Martin Hall, Jeff Haywood, David Kernohan, Andrew Law, Wayne Mackintosh, Patrick McAndrew, Angela Murphy, Ming Nie, Amber Thomas and Stephen Walker for all the help and support in carrying out this research.
What do you think?Could this be an opportunity…
To shape the future
Images by by Steve Jurvetson, James Cridland, Walt Stoneburner
for them…
and for them?
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